Ashar Zaidi, batting coach of the Pune Devils club, and Devils' co-owners Parag Sanghavi and Krishan Kumar Choudhary have been issued bans after confessing to unethical acts at the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 tournament, the ICC said in a statement on Wednesday.

Zaidi was banned from cricket for five years, while Sanghavi and Choudhary were banned for two years apiece after they admitted to two Code violations. Each ban's last twelve months are suspended.

According to the ICC, the penalties have been retroactively applied to September 19, 2023, the day that temporary suspensions were first put into place. Furthermore, it was noted that Sanghavi and Choudhary will be able to return to cricketing on September 19, 2024, "taking into account the suspended component of the penalty," while Zaidi will not be able to do so until September 19, 2027.

On behalf of the Emirates board, the ICC charged eight individuals in September 2023, including Zaidi, Sanghavi, and Choudhary. Among the remaining five, Bangladeshi all-round player Nasir Hossain's name stood out the most due to his two-year ban. On April 7, 2025, he is eligible to play cricket again.

The accusations that Zaidi, Sanghavi, and Chaudhary have acknowledged are:

Ashar Zaidi (batting coach)

Article 2.1.4 - Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging, or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Article 2.1 (Corruption).

Article 2.4.4 - Failing to disclose to the DACO full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in Corrupt Conduct under the Code.

Parag Sanghvi (co-owner of a team)

Article 2.2.1 - Placing bets on the results, progress, conduct or other aspect of International and Domestic Matches.

Article 2.4.6 - Failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the DACO in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code.

Krishan Kumar Chaudhary (co-owner of a team)

Article 2.4.5 - Failing to disclose to the DACO (without unnecessary delay) full details of any incident, fact, or matter that comes to the attention of a Participant that may evidence Corrupt Conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code by another Participant.

Article 2.4.6 - Failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the DACO in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code.